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🌱 Black Pepper Vine

Piper nigrum
spices perennial climbing vine
☀️ Sun
partial shade
💧 Water
high (loves humidity)
🗺️ Zones
[11,12]
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
rich, well-drained, high organic matter
📏 Spacing
6-8 ft (needs support)
📐 Height
climbing 10-30 ft
⏱️ Maturity
3-4 yrs to first harvest

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Banana
Living support/shade tree
🤝 Coconut Palm
Traditional support tree in Kerala
🤝 Ginger
Understory companion; shared humidity

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ none — but needs strong support structure

📝 Growing Notes

'King of spices' — most traded spice globally. All colors from same vine — different ripeness/processing. Native to India's Malabar Coast.

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